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W. H. COWDERY.

METHOD OF MAKING RAKES.

No. 405,661. Patented June 1:8, 1889..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN H. OOIVDERY, OF ASHTABULA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-I-IALF TO SAMUELR. HARRIS, OF SAME PLACE.

METHOD OF MAKING RAKES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,661, dated June 18,1889.

Application filed March 14, 1889. Serial No. 303,2 '76. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN H. CowDERY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Ashtabula, county of Ashtabula, and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of MakingRakes, of which the following is a specification, the principle of theinvention being herein explained and the best mode in which I0 I havecontemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from otherinventions.

My invention has for its object an improvement in the method of formingrakes, wherein an angular cut is made at each end of the blank, saidangular out consisting of a transverse cut extending from the lower edgeof the blank transversely toward its upper edge and of a longitudinalcut extending from the upper end of said transverse cut longitudizonally toward the center of the blank and turning back and drawing outinto tangs the cut end portions.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a bar of metal cutinto proper length to form a rake-pattern, the dotted line showing theblank before its central portion is swaged or otherwise reduced, thefull line showing the central portion afterbein g swaged or reduced.Fig. 2 is a plan View of the pat- 0 tern with its central portionreduced, also showing the transverse and longitudinal cuts at the twoends to form the tang portions. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the blank withthe portions to be drawn into tangs bent back ready for drawing, thedotted lines representing said tang portions as drawn into tangs andwelded together at their free extremities. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof the finished rake, the handle being broken away.

A represents a metal bar cut into proper length for a rake-pattern. Thecentral portion a is first swaged and reduced to required thickness, orit may be cut away until the required thickness is attained. An angularcut is then made at each end of the blank, said angular cut consistingof the transverse out a, extending from the lower edge of the blanktransversely toward its upper edge, and of the longitudinal cut 1),extending from the upper end of said transverse cut longitudi- 5o nallytoward the center of the blank, forming the cut end portions 0. Thepartially-dissevered end portions 0 formed by said cuts are then turnedback, as shown in Fig. 3, and drawn into tang portions e in thecustomary manner. The free ends of said tang portions may be, andpreferably are, welded together into one tang extremity f.

By this method of forming rakes the tang portions join the head of therake at points where the very best effect is obtained as a brace, andalso an easier balance is obtained in the handling of the rake than asthough the tang portions extended from the ends of the head or from aposition nearer the cent-er of the head. The teeth of the rake are outand drawn out in the usual manner.

I may cut away or swage the central portion of the blank intermediate ofthe tang portions, and I do not confine myself exclu- 7o sively toeither plan. So, too, I may either weld the drawn-out tang portionstogether or leave them separate, as may be most desirable.

I claim An improvement in the method of making rakes, consisting of thefollowing steps: first, making an angular cut at each end of the blank,said angular out consisting of the tran sverse cut 0., extending fromthe lower edge of the blank transversely toward its upper edge, and ofthe longitudinal cut I), extending from the upper end of said transverseout longitudinally toward the center of the blank, forming the cut endportions 0, and, second, turning outward said cut end portions 0 anddrawing them into tan gs, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing to be my invention I havehereunto set my hand this 8th day of March, A. D. 1889.

WVARREN H. OOWDERY.

\Vitnesses:

S. R. HARRIS, LESTER DAVIS.

